While visiting the Outer Banks, I had to walk a rugged and sandy path over the dunes to reach the ocean. All along the way, to my delight, I spotted these dainty and colorful clusters of flowers. They looked similar to a daisy with bright white, yellow, red and green colors. They had soft, velvety looking centers that winked at me as I passed.
These soft petal flowers stood out among the thistles, tiny cactus, burrs and broken shells to encourage me as I labored up the steep dune and slippery sand to walk along the water’s edge on the beach.
Rain, fierce winds, scorching sun and heat, marauding sand and trampling feet did not deter these little beauties. They were very, very sturdy and resilient. . I marveled at how a beautiful little flower could grow and flourish in such a rugged, harsh environment.
Then God reminded me that if He can produce and care for such exquisite little flowers in such a hostile environment, that thrive and give beauty and joy…then how much more will He do in my life as His workmanship, child and delight…as I travel through this life of slippery paths, prickly people, harsh winds of words and hurts and broken lives.
May I thrive and stand out in this life, no matter the rain of criticisms, the scorching heat of defeat and failures, the blowing sands of lost time and trampling of everyday life. May I be God’s human representation of the beach flower to smile and encourage those who walk along the path where I am.
As I saw God in that small sturdy little flower that brought a smile to my face, and delight to my soul, every time I crossed the dunes…I wondered and hoped that when people see me while walking their path of life, I, like the beach flower give joy, comfort and delight. May they see God in me as I saw God in the beach flower.
These soft petal flowers stood out among the thistles, tiny cactus, burrs and broken shells to encourage me as I labored up the steep dune and slippery sand to walk along the water’s edge on the beach.
Rain, fierce winds, scorching sun and heat, marauding sand and trampling feet did not deter these little beauties. They were very, very sturdy and resilient. . I marveled at how a beautiful little flower could grow and flourish in such a rugged, harsh environment.
Then God reminded me that if He can produce and care for such exquisite little flowers in such a hostile environment, that thrive and give beauty and joy…then how much more will He do in my life as His workmanship, child and delight…as I travel through this life of slippery paths, prickly people, harsh winds of words and hurts and broken lives.
May I thrive and stand out in this life, no matter the rain of criticisms, the scorching heat of defeat and failures, the blowing sands of lost time and trampling of everyday life. May I be God’s human representation of the beach flower to smile and encourage those who walk along the path where I am.
As I saw God in that small sturdy little flower that brought a smile to my face, and delight to my soul, every time I crossed the dunes…I wondered and hoped that when people see me while walking their path of life, I, like the beach flower give joy, comfort and delight. May they see God in me as I saw God in the beach flower.
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